Type VII secretion systems: structure, functions and transport models

A Rivera-Calzada, N Famelis, O Llorca… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Type VII secretion systems (T7SSs) have a key role in the secretion of effector proteins in
non-pathogenic mycobacteria and pathogenic mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium …

Roles of two-component regulatory systems in antibiotic resistance

ARP Tierney, PN Rather - Future microbiology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Two-component regulatory systems (TCSs) are a major mechanism by which bacteria sense
and respond to changes in their environment. TCSs typically consist of two proteins that …

[HTML][HTML] The role of solute binding proteins in signal transduction

MA Matilla, Á Ortega, T Krell - Computational and Structural Biotechnology …, 2021 - Elsevier
The solute binding proteins (SBPs) of prokaryotes are present in the extracytosolic space.
Although their primary function is providing substrates to transporters, SBPs also stimulate …

Applications of Transcriptomics and Proteomics for Understanding Dormancy and Resuscitation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M Kundu, J Basu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis can survive within its host for extended periods of time without
any clinical symptoms of disease and reactivate when the immune system is weakened. A …

An evolutionary paradigm favoring cross talk between bacterial two-component signaling systems

B Vemparala, A Valiya Parambathu, DK Saini… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The prevalent paradigm governing bacterial two-component signaling systems (TCSs) is
specificity, wherein the histidine kinase (HK) of a TCS exclusively activates its cognate …

Acetylation of Response Regulator Protein MtrA in M. tuberculosis Regulates Its Repressor Activity

KK Singh, PJ Athira, N Bhardwaj, DP Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
MtrA is an essential response regulator (RR) protein in M. tuberculosis, and its activity is
modulated after phosphorylation from its sensor kinase MtrB. Interestingly, many regulatory …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis senses host Interferon-γ via the membrane protein MmpL10

M Ahmed, J Mackenzie, L Tezera, R Krause… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the most successful human pathogens. Several
cytokines are known to increase virulence of bacterial pathogens, leading us to investigate …

RegX3 Activates whiB3 Under Acid Stress and Subverts Lysosomal Trafficking of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a WhiB3-Dependent Manner

AC Mahatha, S Mal, D Majumder, S Saha… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Two-component systems (TCSs) are central to the ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to
respond to stress. One such paired TCS is SenX3-RegX3, which responds to phosphate …

Nitrate-nitrite fate and oxygen sensing in dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A bioinorganic approach highlighting the importance of transition metals

EHS Sousa, MSP Carepo, JJG Moura - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the agent of tuberculosis (TB), is able to adapt to
unfavorable environments within the human host. The World Health Organization (WHO) …

Role of two‐component regulatory systems in intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

X Li, X Lv, Y Lin, J Zhen, C Ruan… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The typical two‐component regulatory systems (TCSs), consisting of response regulator and
histidine kinase, play a central role in survival of pathogenic bacteria under stress conditions …